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Housing: Home Information Packs

My Lords, it is customary to declare interests in debates. My first interest is that many years ago I served as chairman of a housing committee and was the leader of a London borough, and I got a bit closer to the problems of tenancy and tenure. But, unlike the noble Lord, Lord Jenkins, who I envy—and I appreciate the experiences that he shared with the House—in perhaps 50 years I might have moved five times. Each time was stressful and filled with anxieties, which resolved themselves. I first came across the possibility of aiding this generality when the idea of a logbook was mooted. That was more than 20 years ago when I was in the other place. So the Government should not be accused of being too quick in trying to produce a solution to a problem. The noble Lord, Lord Jenkins, and the noble Baroness have sought to make it clear that there are no problems to be solved. Now, as far as I am concerned, there are many problems to be solved. On Monday night, at the meeting which the noble Lord, Lord Jenkins, attended, I asked where was the—